Xmas Post starts for 2000

1^st Wellington Scout Group have started their annual Christmas card delivery.

It will provide a cheap service for the community as well as a fund-raiser for the Group.

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Scouting in Wellington:
how it all began

When the headmaster of Corams Lane School in Wellington came across a copy of Robert Baden-Powell's book Scouting For Boys, in 1908, he and several lads were inspired to set up a patrol under the leadership of one of the pupils, Jim Williams.

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Scouts prepare for 21^st century base

After two years of fund raising and dedicated hard work, the 1^st Wellington Scouts are looking forward to moving into their new £150,000 headquarters and the start of a new era for Scouting in the town.

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Sewing scene puzzles Scouts

Something of mystery is attached to this old photograph taken in the old Castle Hall, now the headquarters of the 1st Wellington Scout Group.

It is believed to have been taken in the 1950s or 60s an shows a number of people working on sewing machines in what was always thought to used as a studio by Kenyon's Photography.

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